Travel to infant's home to deliver home instruction and parent training.

Act as consultant to day care providers, extended family members, Early Childhood Intervention staff, Related Service Staff, etc. when needed.

Order adaptive and tactual aids.

Monitor identified visually impaired students.

Act as a liaison and consultant with the following persons/staff:

Commission for the Blind case workers

doctors, ophthalmologists, neurologists

parents and other caregivers

district support personnel

orientation and mobility specialist

occupational therapist

physical therapist

speech therapist

Education Service Center staff

Early Childhood Intervention staff

Provide information and materials to help ensure the VI infant's home is an appropriate learning environment (lighting needs, wide variety of objects/toys to explore and manipulate, Little Room, light box, etc.)

Ensure that parents have opportunities to meet and obtain information about visual impairment issues at parent meetings, workshops, conferences, etc. These can be held locally or regionally with ISD staff working with local resources such as ESC, TCB, ECI, etc. Parents can also be encouraged to attend state workshops and conferences (TCB, TSBVI, etc. can be contacted for possible financial assistance.).

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